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a person who helps someone such as a criminal to do something wrong
شریک جرم
accomplice (əkʌmplɪs) n.
the act of closing a company by selling the things that belong to it, in order to pay its debts :
Hundreds of small businesses went into ? (= were closed ) .
liquidation n.
involvement in a crime, together with other people
Jennings denied ? in the murder.
complicity n.
to say publicly that you no longer have a political or religious belief that you had before
انکار کردن
recant / rɪkænt / verb
گناهکار, مقصر
deserving blame
Both parties were held to be to some extent ?.
culpable / kʌlpəb ə l / adjective
اعتراف کردن
to admit, especially to the police, that you have done something wrong or illegal
Edwards ?ed to being a spy for the KGB.
confess / kənfes / verb
confession n.
مدعی شد که فریب خورده که مواد رو جابجا کنه
trick somebody into doing something
He claimed he was tricked into carrying drugs.
مقصر دونستن
to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad :
Don’t ? me – it’s not my fault.
I ? his mother. She does everything for him.
blame verb
blame somebody/something for something
مقصر دونسته شد و به زندان افتاد
he was found culpable and jailed.
to decide unfairly that a type of person has particular qualities or abilities because they belong to a particular race, sex, or social class Homeless people are ?d as alcoholics or addicts.
stereotype verb
اوباش و ارازل
a criminal, often a young person, who does violent or illegal things SYN gangster
hoodlum n.
بدشانس، بی چاره
literary unlucky :
The ? passengers were stranded at the airport for three days.
hapless / hæpləs / adjective [ only before noun ]
جنایتکار
someone who is guilty of a serious crime SYN criminal :
By law, convicted ؟s (= criminals who are sent to prison ) may not own or use guns.
felon / felən / noun
پايمال شدن، لغو کردن
to officially end a legal agreement, practice etc :
Both governments voted to ? the treaty.
abrogate / æbrəɡeɪt / verb
abrogation n.
an ? crime, fact etc is one that someone says has happened or is true, although it has not been proved
? offense/crime/incident etc
their ? involvement in international terrorism
اتهام
alleged / əledʒd / adjective
اتهام، عقیده
a very strong belief or opinion
religious/political etc ?s
a woman of strong political ?
conviction / kənvɪkʃ ə n / noun
پیشنهاد کردن
to suggest something as a plan or course of action
the changes currently ?d by the local planning authorities
the ?d budget cuts
propose / prəpəʊz/ verb
حق دادن
to give someone the official right to do or have something
be ?d to (do) something
Full-time employees are ?d to receive health insurance.
entitle / ɪntaɪtl / verb [ transitive often passive ]
on (the) grounds of something
شما بازداشتید؟ به چه جرمی؟
You are under arrest. On what grounds?
مانع جلو راه ایجاد کردن
to prevent something or make something impossible :
rules that ? experimentation in teaching methods
? somebody from doing something
Age alone will not ? him from standing as a candidate.
preclude / prɪklud / verb [ transitive ]
تصويب کردن
to defend or support a law, system, or principle so that it continues to exist :
a committee that aims to ? educational standards
OPP overrule (رد کردن)
uphold / ʌphoʊld / verb ( past tense and past participle upheld / -held / ) [ transitive ]
ویرانی و خرابی
a situation in which there is a lot of damage or a lack of order, especially so that it is difficult for something to continue in the normal way SYN chaos
cause/create ?
A strike will cause ? for commuters.
havoc / hævək / noun [ uncountable ]
someone who travels a long distance to work every day
commuter / kəmjutər/ noun [countable]
پریشان حال
so upset and worried that you cannot think clearly :
Relatives are tonight comforting the ? parents.
distraught / dɪsstrɒt / adjective
a baseball player who hits the ball a very long way
slugger / slʌɡər / noun
حاکی
if a situation or type of behaviour is ? of something, it shows that a serious problem exists.
? of
The rise in unemployment is ? of a general decline in the economy.
2 medical showing that someone has a particular illness
symptomatic / sɪmptəmætɪk/ adjective
پوچ بی محتوی very stupid or without much meaning : Most pop lyrics are pretty ?. an ? remark — ?ly adverb : Dave smiled ?ly.
inane / ɪneɪn / adjective
کار مفت
a job which you get paid for even though you do not have to do very much work
sinecure /sɪnɪkjʊr / noun
a ? action is shocking because it is done in a way that is easily noticed and shows no respect for laws, truth etc
? abuse/violation/breach etc
? violations of human rights
flagrant / fleɪɡrənt / adjective
تبعیض
an opinion about whether a person, group, or idea is good or bad that influences how you deal with it → discrimination
political/gender/racial etc ?
political ? in the press
Students were evaluated without ?.
? against/towards/in favour of
It’s clear that the company has a ? against women and minorities.
bias / baɪəs / noun [ singular, uncountable ]
اداره کردن
to be in charge of a formal event, organization, ceremony etc :
I shall be pleased to ? at your meetings.
Mr Justice Waller, ?ing judge for the north east
? over something phrasal verb
preside / prɪzaɪd / verb [ intransitive ]
گول زدن
to trick or deceive someone
? somebody into doing something
Consumers are being ?d into buying faulty electronic goods.
dupe informal verb [ transitive usually passive]
to trick someone, especially by telling them something that is not true : I’m pretty good at judging people; I didn’t think he was trying to ? me.
con informal
انرژی دادن
? somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb
informal to make something or someone more active or interesting :
The team needs a few new players to ? it up.
pep - up / pep / verb ( past tense and past participle pepped , present participle pepping )
informal physical energy :
an enthusiastic player, full of ?
→ ? talk
pep noun [ uncountable ]
متوقف کردن
to officially end a law, system etc, especially one that has existed for a long time :
Slavery was ?ed in the US in the 19th century.
abolish / əbɒlɪʃ / verb [ transitive ]
Slavery = بردگی
محروم کردن
? somebody of something phrasal verb
to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need or should have :
A lot of these children have been ?d of a normal home life.
deprive / dɪpraɪv / verb
لغو کردن
1 law to officially state that something has no legal force :
The election results were ?ied because of voter fraud.
خنثی کردن
2 formal to make something lose its effect or value SYN cancel out :
Recent inflation could ? the economic growth of the last several years
nullify /nʌlɪfaɪ / verb ( past tense and past participle nullified , present participle nullifying , third person singular nullifies ) [ transitive ]
nullification n.
با تقوی و فضیلت
formal behaving in a very honest and moral way OPP wicked :
a ? man
Sue considered herself very ? because she neither drank nor smoked.
virtuous / vɜrtʃuəs/ adjective
فساد
dishonest, illegal, or immoral behavior, especially from someone with power :
officials charged with bribery and ?
The investigation uncovered widespread ? within the police force.
corruption / kərʌpʃ ə n / noun [ uncountable ]
bribery = رشوه خواری
فساد در جنوب کشور خیلی رایجه
Corruption was rife in the south of the country
rife = مملو، متداول
مقصر
1 the person who is guilty of a crime or doing something wrong → victim :
Police finally managed to catch the ?.
2 informal the reason for a particular problem or difficulty :
High production costs are the main ?.
culprit / kʌlprət, kʌlprɪt / noun [ countable]